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The assumption that museum exhibitions, particularly those concerned with science and technology, are somehow neutral and impartial is today being challenged both in the public arena and in the acad……続きを見る

“Behind almost every painting is a fortune and behind that a sin or a crime.” With these words as a starting point, Michael Gross, leading chronicler of the American rich, begins the first independe……続きを見る

Fluid preservation refers to specimens and objects that are preserved in fluids, most commonly alcohol and formaldehyde, but also glycerin, mineral oil, acids, glycols, and a host of other chemicals……続きを見る

Programming for People with Special Needs: A Guide for Museums and Historic Sites will help museums and historic sites become truly inclusive educational experiences. The book is unique because it c……続きを見る

Museums, libraries, and cultural institutions provide opportunities for people to understand and celebrate who they are, were, and might be. These institutions educate the public and civilize societ……続きを見る

At the turn of the 21st century, a significant boom in the construction of cultural buildings took saw the creation of hundreds of performing arts centers, theaters, and museums. After these buildin……続きを見る

Do you do a lot of reading? Are you a writer that publishes in e-pub format? Are you overwhelmed by volumes of reading? This book is for you! Because of such high volume of text being generated and ……続きを見る

Over recent decades corporate governance has developed an increasingly high profile in legal scholarship and practice, especially in the US and UK. But despite widespread interest, there remains con……続きを見る

Leading the Historical Enterprise: Strategic Creativity, Planning, and Advocacy for the Digital Age presents new ideas and strategies for leading and innovating in museums, historical societies, his……続きを見る

“Transformation Ideas are a Penny a Many; Executioners few & lonely; They use their arsenal precisely; to bring the rewards which are Unworldly"  A scintillating; Rib tickling and ……続きを見る

En esta ocasión te hablaré de un sistema sencillo de composición Web como Prestashop. Vamos a configurar módulos y posiciones, categorías, productos, fabricantes, marcas y pedidos, entre otras mucha……続きを見る

Interpreting Slavery at Museums and Historic Sites aims to move the field forward in its collective conversation about the interpretation of slaveryーacknowledging the criticism of the past and acti……続きを見る

LGBT individuals and families are increasingly visible in popular culture and local communities; their struggles for equality appear regularly in news media. If history museums and historic sites ar……続きを見る

Contributors to this volume examine and illustrate struggles and collaborations among museums, festivals, tourism, and historic preservation projects and the communities they represent and serve. Es……続きを見る

Marketing the Museum is the ideal guide to the ways in which museums can overcome the numerous hurdles on the route to truly achieving a marketing orientation. The history of the museum is one of sh……続きを見る

This book addresses the state-of-the-art initiatives as well as challenges, policy, and strategy issues in developing a digital heritage ecosystem within the broader context of an emerging digital c……続きを見る

Reshaping Museum Space pulls together the views of an international group of museum professionals, architects, designers and academics highlights the complexity, significance and malleability of mus……続きを見る

Re-Presenting Disability addresses issues surrounding disability representation in museums and galleries, a topic which is receiving much academic attention and is becoming an increasingly pressing ……続きを見る

On Collecting examines the nature of collecting both in Europe and among people living within the European tradition elsewhere. Susan Pearce looks at the way we collect and what this tells us about ……続きを見る

With roughly half of all income for non-profit arts organizations in the United States coming from earned revenue rather than donations and state funding, the issue of pricing is paramount to succes……続きを見る

Forward planning is esential for most organizations, but especially so for museums and heritage bodies, with responsibilities stretching forward to infinity. Forwrd Planning provides a complete basi……続きを見る

Museum Volunteers is a practical handbook on the use of volunteers as interpreters within museums. Drawing on key examples of outstanding practice from the UK and North America, this book forms a un……続きを見る

This edited volume critically engages with contemporary scholarship on museums and their engagement with the communities they purport to serve and represent. Foregrounding new curatorial strategies,……続きを見る

Mit Trinkgeld reich werden? Kann man das wirklich? Immer wieder hört man die Geschichten, wie Tellerwäscher zu Millionären werden. Warum sollte man dann also nicht auch als Kellner ……続きを見る

Wie erhält man mit einer 3D-Brille einen Job? Wie kommt man am Pförtner vorbei, um die Bewerbung dem Personalchef persönlich zu präsentieren? Und wie ermöglicht ein Luftballon ein Vorstellungsgesprä……続きを見る

Museums have been active in shaping knowledge over the last six hundred years. Yet what is their function within today's society? At the present time, when funding is becoming increasingly scarce, d……続きを見る

This book of five case studies demonstrates the critical role entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial thinking play in reinventing cultural organizations to make them relevant and sustainable for the twen……続きを見る

Whether you are an aspiring self-publisher or the CEO of a major publishing house, a freelance designer or sales person, this chapter will provide statistics, figures, and examples to help you make ……続きを見る

This is the first volume specifically dedicated to the consolidation and clarification of Heritage Studies as a distinct field with its own means of investigation. It presents the range of methods t……続きを見る

The dream of being a Top 20 percent franchisee in any system is alive and doing well, if you take the time to learn how others have done it and then apply that knowledge. Secrets of Franchise Succes……続きを見る